I actually liked this one, very interesting concept here.
It's primarily typing text, but the way it's done here is somehow quite fun, I think you did a really nice job on this game!
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English Proverbs: Typer's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Accessibility | #4 | 3.850 | 3.850 |
| Controls | #27 | 3.600 | 3.600 |
| Audio | #63 | 3.300 | 3.300 |
| Originality | #67 | 3.400 | 3.400 |
| Overall | #73 | 3.179 | 3.179 |
| Fun | #89 | 2.800 | 2.800 |
| Graphics | #137 | 2.650 | 2.650 |
| Theme | #145 | 2.650 | 2.650 |
Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Godot Version
4.2.1
Wildcards Used
Actions have consequences
Game Description
A game about learning English proverbs while improving your touch typing
How does your game tie into the theme?
Loosely, proverbs are part of folklore
Source(s)
No
Discord Username(s)
peterwesselzapffe
Participation Level (GWJ Only)
0
Comments
Well executed simple concept. On customization and accessibility, I think you've hit peak capacity!
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HamsterwellI adore the hint button, some of these were proverbs I was unfamiliar with (despite being a native speaker) and it allowed me to hit the ground running. And kudos for letting us toggle between unlearned proverbs and all proverbs in the settings! I think old proverbs are a fine interpretation of folklore, its a very broad concept and I haven't seen any other games go down this route with the theme. Maybe add a little bit of spice to the mechanics in how you interact with each proverb after its been typed, like a demonstration of the meaning of the proverb or something like that? And it plays out when you finish the proverb?
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Forest FoxloreSo, looking at the setting, you are a god of accessibility. Literally no other game has so many options. That's cool. I loved little music. Start animation is cool. But other than that. there are quite some issues.
Stats don't seem to work at all, both in practice and campaign mode. I didn't see a hint button in campaign even though it was enabled. With standard settings guessing the proverbs in campaign is close to impossible.
Other than that, fine start, but needs polishing.
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Tales of the WildThe hint button is tied to [TAB] to reveal the hidden words, that should have been made clearer but all the useful info is hidden in the 'Help' menu, I agree though without any knowledge of proverbs it's difficult in campaign. The stats should be working they have been working my end, they save locally after you complete a phrase in campaign mode, if not it could be bug that needs sorting. Cheers for playing though.
This is an excellent idea. It plays nicely, the sound effects are on point and the visual feedback is good. An overall very polished little game.
That said, I'm not 100% certain it fits the theme of folklore!
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Tales of the DragonslainVery creative, as a non English speaker I have no way of guessing them correctly (only the most common that translate to my languages) but with the option to show the hidden words I had a lot of fun ! I felt like I was using one of these old writing machines lol. Mastering a prhase feels amazing with the colorfull letters standing out from the rest, I got that feeling of "only one more" when I was going to stop playing, really blow my expectations, congrats !
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Candy TrailsThe game was super polished and had a lot of extra settings I don' think many other games would've had, so kudos for that! Now, I felt like most of the actual sayings were ones I had never seen before, and I mainly spent a lot of time guessing the correct letter. I think the saying "less is more" applies here as 500 seems a little excessive, but that's just my opinion. Great game anyways though!
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PassageCool concept, though I haven't heard most of the proverbs I came across in my playtime despite being a native speaker. Could be interesting to have some way to sort the proverbs by difficulty or time of origin as a sort of difficulty curve; took me going through around ten proverbs I'd never heard to see some that I recognized
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Mysteries of MischiefThis engages the same part of me that enjoys crosswords. The game is very simple, and I kept telling myself "I'll stop after this one" but the next one would pop up and I'd end up wanting to solve it. Spent longer on this than I expected.
Some of these I just didn't know, so it could have been nice to have a clue or two. Some of them were there in my brain somewhere and didn't want to come out, and it was maddening. Some of them are slightly different than I remembered and that was also maddening. I guess what I'm saying is my bad memory is maddening.
Had fun though :-)
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The Rite to Bear FarmsHah! I hope I didn't overstate it. It's maddening in the same way that crosswords are maddening. The answer is on the tip of my tongue, just out of reach. I don't actually mind the difficulty because there's no real consequence to not knowing the proverb.
I think you mentioned in another comment that it's not much of a 'game' because it's more of a learning/training tool, and I agree with that. I don't think that's a bad thing, because it did help me learn some proverbs that I didn't know, and helped me realize that I had mis-learned some of them, which was valuable in its own right.
If you _did_ want it to be more 'game-like' and add stakes to it then I think you'd maybe want to address the 'stick', or maybe not. Trivia is a game, and though not everyone loves it, trivia is quite popular.
An education game! Always cool to see one. I liked that you provided different "modes" for the game. I didn't know a shoemaker's son always goes barefoot, but TIL! I also learnt I don't know as many proverbs as I should. XD
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Folkémon SnapI woke up in the morning and tried to play this game and... I'm sleepy again.
I would have appreciated a "pass" button as I didn't know many proverbs!
Anyway, It's so nice and chill. I love the sound of typing in the game. lol
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Artist & Mountain LordI love all the options you implemented, and the practice menu. It might just help you learn proverbs but the way you can customise it is really impressive. Only downside was that I wasn't able to use the keyboard to navigate through the menus on an otherwise keyboard only game. I like touch typing games, really neat execution!
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CloversBeing foreign it was difficult for me to think about the words in the gaps. Think about some clues or some information that you could include.
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Leshachikha: Protector of the forestVery cool concept - it reminded me of certain 80's and 90's games. I found this fun to play, though I did think the all or nothing approach was a bit harsh - I felt I should have scored something for getting the phrase in the end, even if there were errors along the way, especially as lower case/upper case counted as errors. Kudos for having a practice menu, and the music was perfect!
True, I did want it to be a bit of a challenge by default. I did try and add as many options as I could in the 'gameplay' menu so you could tailor the experience for your challenge level. If I'd had more time I would've liked to have added some more generous rewards as you say for making any progress. Cheers for playing.
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